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New Vista

Main Particulars

Shipbuilder Hitachi Zosen

Vessel type Double Hull VLCC

Owner/Operator Golden Sound Corp.

Classification society ABS

Keel laying March 1998

Launch date July 1998

Delivery date September 1998

Length, o n 1,092 ft. (332.9 m)

Breadth 197 ft. (60 m)

Depth 96.8 ft. (29.5 m)

Draft, summer 62 ft. (18.9 m)

Gross tonnage 159,423 m.t.

DWT, design.. 298,500 m.t.

Sea speed 15.6 knots

Complement 31 persons

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Double-Hull VICC New

Vista Completed on the Middle East-U.S. route.

New Vista is equipped with wing ballast tanks to ensure well- balanced hull strength, and make the hull lighter by reducing the amount of strengthening steel members needed. Inside the dou- ble-hull structure, access trunks from the top deck to the double bottom improve ventilation and facilitate inspection work within the double hull.

In accordance with SOLAS rules, the tanker provides its crew with safe access to the emergency towing equipment at the forward deck in bad weather. To increase the tanker's propulsion efficiency, it has been fitted with a large bul- bous bow below the water line and a Hitachi Zosen super stream duct nozzle in front of the propeller. The outer hull has been coated with self-polishing copolymer (SPC) paint designed to ensure long-term hull-fouling prevention.

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New Vista, a 298,500-dwt VLCC ordered by Golden Ocean Group

Ltd. was recently completed at

Hitachi Zosen's Ariake Works. The tanker, under Hong Kong registry, was delivered to the owner Golden

Sound Corporation, on September 14. It is the ninth double-hull

VLCC built by Hitachi Zosen and is scheduled to be put into service

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